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Feb 15 Vintages Release

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TWO NEW BEST BUYS - WHITE TABLE WINE
AUSTRIA 377457 RABL LANGENLOIS GRÜNER VELTLINER 2022
Vin Tra 300 $19.95 *** 90 R BB
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RHÔNE 42392 DOMAINE FONT SARADE VIOGNIER 2023
Fiv Sea 200 $19.95 **+ 89.5 R BB
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TWO NEW BEST BUYS - RED TABLE WINE
ONTARIO 367318 KEW SOLDIER'S GRANT 2020
Art Can 180 $20.95 *** 90 R BB
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BORDEAUX 40366 CHATEAU GRAND VERDUS GLOUGLOU 2020 Gra Bra 500 $17.95 **+ 89 R BB
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Best Buy Family Day Pinot Noir

Le Clos Jordanne
Jordan Village Pinot Noir 2021
VINTAGES -33894 - $30.00
Elegant, Bright, Ripe, Plum-Cherry-Cassis *** (92-points)
This February 15th award-winning Pinot Noir has a garnet red colour and very bright, slightly spicy, perfumed, ripe, plum-cherry-cassis fruit aromas with some refined cedary notes. Dry, medium bodied, nicely structured, gently complex, intense, ripe, plum-cherry-cassis flavours with a crisp, lingering, gentle cedar-tinged finish. Aged for 20 months in premium French oak barrels (20% new), it is one of the best yet with a screwcap closure.
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An Italian February 1 Tuscany Release

La Braccesca Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2019
VINTAGES - 566216 - Last Day at $32.95
Elegant, Bright, Ripe *** (91-points)
Fairly deep ruby colour with an attractive, fairly intense, very slightly spicy, bright, ripe, strawberry-plum fruit on the nose with some gentle cedar-sandalwood notes. Dry, medium bodied, still youthful, bright, ripe, plum-crancherry flavours with an elegant, lingering, gently cedary, very faintly savoury, cassis-tinged finish. This tasty accessible blend of Prugnolo Gentile (aka Sangiovese) with a touch of Merlot has 14% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar with lot number L1137 on the back label.
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Coming up on February 26
Biagio's 35th Anniversary Celebratory Wine Tasting Dinner
Hosted by Michael Vaughan‚ Donald Ziraldo and Biagio Vinci
Enjoy this one-of-kind event featuring two of Canada's top wine personalities. First, Michael Vaughan reveals his winetaster's secrets. Then Donald Ziraldo, who launched Inniskillin winery 50-years ago in 1975, shares his now-sold-out limited edition of Ziraldo Icewine. Four of Italy's TOP wine values will be featured PLUS an exclusive tasting of an amazing one-of-a-kind 40+ year-old mystery red from Michael Vaughan's personal cellar.
Limited seats - to reserve call (416) 366-4040
For detailed event wine updates email mbv@uniserve.com
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A BEST BUY WINTER ROSE
Lafage Miraflors Rose 2023

VINTAGES ESSENTIAL - 367375 - NOW ONLY $18.95
Fresh, Bright, Youthful **+ (89 points)
This just retasted VINTAGES ESSENTIAL release of Lafage's 2023 classic southern French Rose is perfect for the Valentine loong weekend. It comes in a very attractive, designer bottle with a convenient recyclable glass stopper. Bright very pale pink colour, it has fresh, gently spicy, floral, ripe, melon-apple-pear aromatics. Dry, medium to medium-light bodied, youthful, slightly spicy, fresh, honeycrisp apple flavours and a lingering bright finish. A tasty blend of 50% Mourvedre, 30% Grenache Gris and 20% Grenache with 12.5% alcohol. Versatile and ready-to-enjoy.
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